From Backpacking on $10 a day to One of the Most Successful Online Entrepreneurs

Fellow adventurers, today I am excited to share with you the remarkable journey of Will Hatton, the man behind The Broke Backpacker travel blog.

You may already be familiar with Will’s captivating tales of exploring the world on $10 a day, but what you may not know is how he was able to transform his passion into a sustainable force of long-term travel.

Ever since he first hit the road over fifteen years ago, things have been quite the wild ride. From exploring the depths of Venezuela, hitchhiking all the way through Iran, and towering the highest of Pakistani peaks, he’s always longed for real, raw, and meaningful adventures

This week, I sat down with Will to find out a bit more about the man behind one of the world’s biggest travel blogs and just how his journey unfurled over the years.

In this interview, we find out a bit more about the transformative experiences that shaped Will’s path from OG broke backpacker to finding a way to turn his passion into a business so that he could truly be free to live life on his terms and travel the world forever.

There will be crazy stories, there will be failures and victories, but most importantly, there will be A LOT of valuable lessons to be learned along the way.

Let’s jump into it. 😉

How did you first fall in love w/ traveling?

I was a shy and awkward kid. It was hard for me to feel safe or comfortable in my own skin. Originally, my plan to deal with this was to join the Royal Marines. Unfortunately, I had a serious injury at the age of nineteen and that threw me in a very different direction. I found myself depressed, overweight, anxious and suicidal. I had a plan – join the fucking army and blow shit up – to level myself up into a more capable and confident person. And now this plan was gone. 

Not really sure what to do with myself, I flew to India. I scored a two year visa which meant I didn’t have to leave the country… I had almost no money, about $3000 to last me the entire two years, and I spent $600 on the flight to get there. 

India was an absolute whirlwind, an assault on all of the senses. The colours, the sounds, the people, the cultures (changing with every town, every train station, every state of which there are many), crumbling fortresses and ancient ruins, holy…